While speaking to the media, he said, ‘God is my biggest security. The day God thinks that I should die, then no one can stop it.’
In India, there are only 137 policemen for every one lakh persons. A senior bureaucrat claimed that 22 per cent of police posts are vacant at present in India. The centre has told the court that more than Rs. 327 crore was spent on guarding VVIPs in Delhi last year.
Most of this money was spent on 376 individuals who had been given Z-plus or central security forces. In Rashtrapati Bhawan alone, Rs. 40 crore was spent on the security. More than 100 personnel are deployed to ensure the safety of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Additional commissioner of Delhi (security) V Renganathan wrote a letter to Kejriwal saying that Delhi police have been providing security cover to the next chief minister of Delhi, who is given Z category protectee status. ‘Since Arvind Kejriwal is going to take over as chief minister of Delhi, Delhi police need to give the security cover to him as per norms, said the letter which was delivered to him by a Delhi police officials’, he said.
On Monday Kejriwal met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to form the government in Delhi after it received overwhelming response from people during a week-long referendum through SMS, telephone, email and public meetings. In his letter to police, he said, ‘Thank you for offering me security. But as I have already informed earlier, I don’t need any security, I don’t need any escort or PSO. God is my biggest security.’
He, however, asked the police for some assistance in crowd management and security at venues, where he will address his supporters. Special commissioner (security) Taj Hassan also said, ‘Kejriwal was being provided security as per law’. The AAP leader had refused the security cover on two earlier occasions also. On 13 December after winning the elections, Kejriwal had written a letter to Delhi police refusing to take the security cover offered by them.
A Delhi police team had gone to Kejriwal’s Kaushambi residence to assess the security situation, ahead of his meeting with the Lt Governor to discuss government formation.
In October also, he had refused to accept the security cover for himself by Uttar Pradesh police saying it was ‘against his ideology’.
Upon the direction of Home Ministry, some officials of the Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) of Ghaziabad police contacted Kejriwal and asked him to opt for the security cover.
In India, there are only 137 policemen for every one lakh persons. A senior bureaucrat claimed that 22 per cent of police posts are vacant at present in India. The centre has told the court that more than Rs. 327 crore was spent on guarding VVIPs in Delhi last year.
Most of this money was spent on 376 individuals who had been given Z-plus or central security forces. In Rashtrapati Bhawan alone, Rs. 40 crore was spent on the security. More than 100 personnel are deployed to ensure the safety of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Additional commissioner of Delhi (security) V Renganathan wrote a letter to Kejriwal saying that Delhi police have been providing security cover to the next chief minister of Delhi, who is given Z category protectee status. ‘Since Arvind Kejriwal is going to take over as chief minister of Delhi, Delhi police need to give the security cover to him as per norms, said the letter which was delivered to him by a Delhi police officials’, he said.
On Monday Kejriwal met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung to form the government in Delhi after it received overwhelming response from people during a week-long referendum through SMS, telephone, email and public meetings. In his letter to police, he said, ‘Thank you for offering me security. But as I have already informed earlier, I don’t need any security, I don’t need any escort or PSO. God is my biggest security.’
He, however, asked the police for some assistance in crowd management and security at venues, where he will address his supporters. Special commissioner (security) Taj Hassan also said, ‘Kejriwal was being provided security as per law’. The AAP leader had refused the security cover on two earlier occasions also. On 13 December after winning the elections, Kejriwal had written a letter to Delhi police refusing to take the security cover offered by them.
A Delhi police team had gone to Kejriwal’s Kaushambi residence to assess the security situation, ahead of his meeting with the Lt Governor to discuss government formation.
In October also, he had refused to accept the security cover for himself by Uttar Pradesh police saying it was ‘against his ideology’.
Upon the direction of Home Ministry, some officials of the Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) of Ghaziabad police contacted Kejriwal and asked him to opt for the security cover.